Pomona College Sagecast

Spencer Louie '19 and Lindsay Chu '21 join us to talk about the long standing Pomona College tradition of a cappella groups.  Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-acapella-062619.txt

Rising Sophomores Danny DeBare '22 and Sophie Schnell '22 join us to talk about their experiences with taking gap years before enrolling at Pomona College. A rising trend amongst high school graduates, Danny and Sophie talk about the benefits and challenges of taking a year off of school to work, volunteer, travel, or take part in some intensive experience between high school and college.  Ho...

Veterans Jordan Petersen and Travis Werling share how their military service as a linguist and musician respectively shaped their lives and their experience as non-traditional students at Pomona. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-veterans-052919.txt

Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology Nicole Weekes has always been interested in the brain and how we can experience similar things, yet react differently. In this episode, she shares how one eye-opening class in college shifted her plans away from becoming a psychotherapist and led her to career in academia. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced b...

Grammy-nominated pianist and Professor of Music Genevieve Lee is a versatile performer who has been teaching at Pomona since 1994. In this episode, she traces back her beginnings in classical music and shares about her discovery of new music and instruments such as the toy piano. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced by: Jeff Hing Edited by: Jeremy Sny...

The Los Angeles-based artist, Sandeep Mukherjee, draws from his background in the sciences and his roots in Pune, India, to inspire his technique, choice of materials and process.  In this episode, the Guggenheim Fellowship recipient shares about his journey from engineering to art and reflects upon how his work and career have evolved. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by...

A clinical psychologist and a researcher, Professor Guadalupe Bacio aims to understand the patterns and consequences of alcohol and drug use in immigrant adolescents. In this episode, she discusses her path into academia as a first-generation college student and her drive to address health disparities among ethnic minority youth. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyro...

Who else but Professor of Theatre and Dance Anthony Shay can say their career was launched by a personal invitation from the Shah of Iran? The creator of more than 200 choreographies, Shay studies the music and dance of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In this episode, he discusses the political and cultural power of dance.  Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Er...

As a mathematician, Associate Professor of Mathematics Gizem Karaali strives to bridge the perceived gap between math and the humanities. In this episode, she discusses her experience teaching provocative first-year seminars at Pomona and shares her thoughts about how math education could be improved. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced by: Jeff Hing...

Growing up in a polluted neighborhood of Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of Environmental Analysis Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes was inspired to study the environmental determinants of health in urban areas. In this episode, he discusses his winding path to academia, environmental inequities in Brazil and the U.S. and how they impact the health of urban residents. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest...

What does Irish modernism have in common with pop music? Not much, according to English Professor Kevin Dettmar, except for his own fascination with both. In this episode of Sagecast, Dettmar discusses such questions as why rock ’n’ roll has been declared dead so many times over the years and how readers should approach James Joyce’s challenging masterpiece, Ulysses . Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patt...

Professor of Japanese Lynne Miyake discusses her wide-ranging interests in Japanese literature and culture, spanning more than 1,000 years from the classical Tale of Genji to its modern translation into Manga, the graphic novels that have become ubiquitous in Japanese culture. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Audio Engineering by: Erica Tyron/KSPC Produced by: Jeff Hing Edited by: Jeremy Snyder...

Assistant Professor of Politics Erica Dobbs studies political involvement and access to social protections among immigrant communities. In this podcast, she discusses a range of timely topics, from the ways in which political representation and social protections are being redefined in a globalized world to the key role of Ireland in Britain’s ongoing Brexit crisis. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty...

As a native of Venezuela and a student of Mexican politics, Professor of History and Chicano and Latino Studies Miguel Tinker Salas brings both a wealth of personal experience and a depth of scholarly expertise to the political and social issues facing Latin America today, including such questions as: How did oil-rich Venezuela become an economic basket case, with inflation topping a million perce...

How does language shape our identity and our perception of others? Join us for a conversation with Linguistics Professor Nicole Holliday about this topic and others, including her own journey into the world of language, linguistic discrimination in our criminal justice system, the role of citizen linguists and the “code-switching” of former President Barack Obama.  Hosted by: Mark Wood and Pa...